Art
The Skinny art guide. We bring you the latest in emerging artists, art exhibition previews, reviews, interviews, and features. Find out the latest art news for Scotland with our news columns, and view emerging artists' portfolios in our monthly Showcase.
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FeaturesGSA Degree Show 2024: Master of Fine Art
Flirting with world-building, modern media, and digital encounters, artists on Glasgow School of Art's MFA are forging depictions of a climate that they recognise as fruitful yet corrupt with imagery and inspiration. Read more »| 27 May 2024 -
FeaturesGSA Degree Show 2024: MDes Communication Design
MDes Communication Design sees many students investigating personal topics of home and storytelling. Exploring perception and tradition, home, and family has taken student work in varied directions this year Read more »| 27 May 2024 -
FeaturesGSA Degree Show 2024: School of Innovation and Technology
Work from the School of Innovation and Technology includes material product and service design, alongside experiences realised through specialist digital visualisation across medicine, games, heritage, immersive systems design and virtual reality Read more »| 27 May 2024 -
FeaturesGSA Degree Show 2024: Mackintosh School of Architecture
The graduates of the Mackintosh School of Architecture present a rich and diverse showcase in The Glasgow School of Art’s Bourdon Building, reimagining the landscape of Glasgow and beyond Read more »| 27 May 2024 -
FeaturesGSA Degree Show 2024: School of Fine Art
As the role of art in the current climate feels both more trivial and more necessary than ever, students in the GSA School of Fine Art’s Stow Building deal with ideas around the politics of space, memory, personal and collective history and culture Read more »| 27 May 2024 -
NewsSummerhall: Edinburgh arts venue to go up for sale
The owners of Edinburgh’s vital multi-arts hub Summerhall have announced plans to sell the historic building by the Meadows Read more »| 14 May 2024
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FeaturesGlow Up: Highlights from Edinburgh College's GLOW Festival
We spotlight some of our favourite events from GLOW Festival, Edinburgh College's festival of arts and performance led by its current and graduating students Read more »| 13 May 2024 -
FeaturesFrugal Rules: Sustainability at Dundee Design Festival
Our regular design correspondent Stacey Hunter is the Creative Director of Dundee Design Festival – this month she sets out her ambition for Dundee to deliver one of the world’s most sustainable design festivals Read more »| 13 May 2024 -
FeaturesThe People's Museum: the new Perth Museum opens its doors
Perth's brand new museum illustrates the importance of Perth and its people to Scotland – and to the world Read more »| 01 May 2024 -
InterviewsScotland secures Surrealist painting
This month we take a closer look at another major new acquisition for Scotland’s art collection which can be visited for free at National Galleries Scotland: Modern One – Encounter by Surrealist artist Remedios Varo Read more »| 01 May 2024 -
BooksUnpacking zine culture with Black Lodge Press
We chat with Cj Reay of Black Lodge Press about DIY culture, mutual aid, and the anarchist principles which underpin the Press Read more »| 29 Apr 2024 -
NewsScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: May 2024
May sees the opening of two new exhibitions at Jupiter Artland while Greenock gets a brand new art gallery, The Wyllieum Read more »| 29 Apr 2024 -
FeaturesLocal Heroes: Nick Ross' WORKS
Custom Lane welcome Scottish-Swedish designer Nick Ross to their Edinburgh gallery with a unique and timely exhibition of minimalist furniture made in solid wood and cast metal Read more »| 11 Apr 2024 -
InterviewsAncestral Ecologies: Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 at CCA
A chat with Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 to discuss the artist’s new show at CCA, drawing artists and thinkers into a multi-faceted exhibition and live programme Read more »| 10 Apr 2024 -
InterviewsGabriella Boyd on new exhibition Presser
Gabriella Boyd's new exhibition at Cample Line encourages us to witness the beauty of ambiguities in communication and perception Read more »| 10 Apr 2024